Article: Women's water polo earns California Aggie 'Team of the Year' honors

Peter Ng
University Wire
06-05-2006
(The California Aggie) (CSTV U-WIRE) DAVIS, Calif. -- Like a bottle of 1986 Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon, the UC-Davis women's water polo team seemed to only enhance with time.

"At the beginning of the year, I thought we were kind of slowly improving," said head coach Jamey Wright. "The only issue was whether we were going to improve enough. To the team's credit, they just kept plugging away."

After dominating its first two opponents by a combined 35-4 score, UC- Davis went on to fall short in seven of its next 13 contests -- included among them a disappointing 5-3 loss to San Jose State.

By season's end, the same team that suffered a 10-1 setback to UCLA in ...

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